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domingo, 4 de diciembre de 2016

Commercial template for a prequel movie saga

The
Hobbit Trilogy codifies the Star Wars prequel formula can be applied to any
popular franchise as a template to tie-in. Even if you’re not an expert, you
can picture which parts of prequel sagas are marketing for the originals or
stand-alone content like movies should be. This means The Phantom Menace was
just a prelude of what The Hobbit became and Fantastic Animals could become.

If
you want to adapt a novel in three films, the logical process is a movie each
act. The Hobbit doesn’t follow a consistent three act structure because most of
it has plot-irrelevant obstacles until the dragon. An Unexpected Journey has
everything you want in a Hobbit film and leaves almost nothing for the sequels,
but uses filler to establish “relevant” aspects in the future.

I
haven’t seen the animated Hobbit yet, but probably won’t be a marketing
strategy to announce pre-established films and shows that a duology would be enough
to outshine this adaptation. Just two movies make perfect sense and Guillermo
del Toro wanted it like that when he was going to film them. I like Desolation
of Smaug the most for having more consistent rhythm, the best action pieces and
character development (and a shitty love subplot). To bookend, Battle of the
Five Armies is so ridiculous that looks a self-parody.